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Pix crashes when cropping a big JPEG picture

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop

Research direction

First reproduce the crash on Linux Mint Cinnamon 22 with Pix 3.4.3 using a 42.3 MB JPEG scanned at 2400 dpi, then trace the crop operation after the image loads. Done means the same large JPEG can be cropped successfully without Pix crashing.

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Description

Distribution

Linux Mint Cinnamon 22

Package version

3.4.3

Frequency

Always

Bug description

I scanned a picture at 2400 dpi. I saved it under JPEG format, its size is 42.3 Mo. I can open it with Pix but when I want to crop it, Pix loads the whole picture and then, crashes.

Steps to reproduce

Scan a picture at 2400 dpi. save it under JPEG format. Open it with Pix and try to crop it.

Expected behavior

Picture should be croped.

Additional information

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Dominant language
C
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